Week of November 15th

The Rural Housing Service has a new leader. Administrator Altoro was the CEO and executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority,...

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Save the Date – 2022 LeadingAge Kansas Spring Conference and ExpoThe Spring Expo will be held Thursday April, 14, 2022 in Wichita, KS We have...

Let’s give the newest to the membership a warm welcome. Lawrence Presbyterian Manor welcomes Dawn Smith as their new Executive Director. If you’d like to...

CMS is offering Pocket Guides to assist providers in assessing and coding self-care and mobility, falls, and pressure ulcers/injuries. The pocket guides provide a quick reference for important terms and definitions that promote coding accuracy. These resources are for providers...

I. FOLLOWING THE NARRATIVE: A quick summary of national media trends last week.(* indicates that LeadingAge is featured in the story.)  Following the Nov. 5th...

LeadingAge co-signed a letter, along with 11 long-term care and post-acute provider organizations, to request the U.S. Department of State (DOS) take specific actions...

Please let Stephanie@leadingagekansas.org know if your organization has applied for and received a USDA Emergency Rural Health Care Grant. 

McKesson, Value First’s preferred distribution partner, supply chain update: The Abbott BinaxNow continues be under allocation however the Quidel Quickvue tests are now available.  The...

The states’ KMAP system will transition to a new processing and payment system effective January 18, 2022. As part of the system change, Medicaid...

If your organization provides HCBS-funded services, please read this November 15th memo on complying with the HCBS Settings Rule. Important dates: June 1, 2022 – Must submit...

The University of Kansas School of Nursing is seeking nursing homes nationwide to participate in a NIH-funded research study testing a new online version...